Schieffelin

Last updated August 22, 2023

Schieffelin is a surname, and may refer to:

Jacob Schieffelin (1757–1835), an American loyalist, merchant, landowner and philanthropist
Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin (1758–1838), an American political poetess
Henry Hamilton Schieffelin (1783–1865), an American businessman and lawyer
Richard Lawrence Schieffelin (1801–1889), an American lawyer and asset manager
Henry Maunsell Schieffelin (1808–1890), an American businessman, philanthropist and consul general in Liberia

Samuel Schieffelin (1811–1900), an American author of religious tracts
Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909), an American political activist during the Civil War, who later became a member of the People's Party
Eugene Schieffelin (1827–1906), responsible for introducing the starling (Sturnus vulgaris) to North America
George Richard Schieffelin (1836–1910), an American lawyer
William Henry Schieffelin (1836–1885), an American businessman and Union Army cavalry officer in the American Civil War
Ed Schieffelin (1847–1897), an Indian scout and prospector who discovered silver in the Arizona Territory, which led to the founding of Tombstone, Arizona
William Jay Schieffelin (1866–1955), an American businessman and philanthropist
Maunsell Schieffelin Crosby (1887–1931), an American ornithologist
William Jay Schieffelin Jr. (1891–1985), an American businessman and philanthropist
John Jay Schieffelin (1897–1987), an American rear admiral and executive director of the English-Speaking Union
Bayard Schieffelin (1903–1989), an American philanthropist and director of the New York Public Library
Bambi Schieffelin, a linguistic anthropologist at New York University in the department of Anthropology

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